The Bihar State Fee for Scheduled Castes has issued a discover to RJD president Lalu Prasad for allegedly disrespecting Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar.
The Fee has given the previous chief minister 15 days to reply, warning that failure to take action might result in authorized proceedings.
Speaking to PTI, Bihar SC Fee vice-chairman Devendra Kumar stated a discover was issued to Lalu Prasad searching for a proof over the alleged incident.
“The Fee has given Prasad 15 days to reply and warned that failure to take action might end in motion beneath the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,” he added.
The controversy erupted after a video, purportedly recorded throughout Lalu Prasad’s 78th birthday celebrations earlier this week, went viral.
Within the clip, the ailing chief is seen seated on a sofa along with his toes on a close-by couch. A supporter then enters the room carrying a portrait of Dr. Ambedkar and locations it close to Prasad’s toes earlier than greeting him. The act drew sharp criticism from political opponents.
On Saturday, the BJP accused the RJD chief of insulting the Dalit icon.
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Addressing a press convention, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister, a former state BJP president, performed the video, demanding accountability.
On Sunday, saffron social gathering staff staged a protest and burnt an effigy of Prasad at Revenue Tax Golumber right here.
Responding to the discover, Tejashwi Yadav, chief of the opposition in Bihar Meeting and Lalu Prasad’s son, dismissed the transfer as politically motivated.
“There have been so many circumstances of atrocities in opposition to Dalits that the Fee has ignored. However since we oppose the BJP, we’re being subjected to intimidatory ways,” he stated.
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He additional mocked the Fee’s course of, claiming {that a} copy of the discover had not but been formally obtained.
“The draft that’s doing the rounds accommodates a number of grammatical errors. We’ve additionally discovered that the letter has been withdrawn twice for corrections. We’ll reply appropriately as soon as the Fee finishes drafting and formally dispatches it,” he added.
Yadav additionally took goal on the Nitish Kumar-led NDA authorities, accusing it of utilizing state commissions as platforms for political favoritism forward of the upcoming meeting elections.
“Within the just lately fashioned commissions, relations of prime NDA leaders—together with from JD(U)—have been appointed. A number of competent people throughout Bihar had been missed,” he alleged.
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He additional claimed that wives of retired bureaucrats near the Chief Minister had been accommodated in these commissions, and that kids of such officers had arrange consultancy companies now working with varied authorities departments.
“Frankly talking, the unconscious Chief Minister and his NDA allies have created what I’d name a ‘Jamai Fee’ in Bihar—the place sons-in-law, relations, and kids of alliance leaders are being handed posts,” Tejashwi stated.